Adel Gorgy, Traces of Pollock #3, 2013, Pigment Print, 40 x 72 in. (100 x 180 cm.)
Adel Gorgy, in his current exhibition, Traces of Pollock, de Kooning and Warhol at Able Fine Art NY in Chelsea has brought keen observation, a graceful esthetic and a unique vision and process to an impressive body of work. In the current age of knockoffs and spinoffs, prequels and sequels, true originality of thought and expression, like Adel Gorgy's, is rare and worthy of attention.
In a series of photographi... [more]

SUFFOLK COUNTY NEWS - APRIL 11, 2013
Artwork outside the box
Marsha Solomon, The Mandolin, Acrylic on Canvas, 42 x 50 in.
Painter Marsha Solomon shows her work at BAFFA art studio in Sayville
By CARY MAYA
Sayville
Through April 21, artist Marsha Solomon is presenting a unique exhibit of her work at the Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) art studio on Gillette Avenue. Upon entering the front room of the gallery one is met by what the artist termed “Rhythm to Form,” a series of abstract paintings. She’s... [more]

Here, Not There, the third of the Triad exhibitions presented by Arts Guild New Jersey opened on November 17th. Jackie Cruz, the exhibition curator, has chosen an impressive body of works by a diverse and accomplished group of artists to address a seemingly simple, but surprisingly complex theme. In her thoughtful catalog essay, Cruz states "this exhibition provides the viewer with a glimpse into the artists’ interpretations of environment and what space means to them including: lyrical se... [more]

DongSook Jang, Fiesta II 20.8" x 18.9" Oil on Canvas and Mixed Media 2013
There are times in history when a certain consciousness prevails—anxiety, tension, exuberance or excitement. Similarly, there are times in each individual's life, when things change, and a new direction brings a change in mood.
The artist, DongSook Jang, after a long and distinguished career both painting and teaching traditional, impressionistic, color-filled landscapes, has turned her eye, her brush and her palette to a bri... [more]

The Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery of the College of St. Elizabeth, in Morristown, NJ, recently opened its fall exhibition, Held Against Their Will. The exhibition, curated by Virginia Fabbri Butera, Ph.D., Director of the gallery and Chairperson of the Art and Music Programs at the college, is timed to coordinate with the annual Week of Holocaust Remembrance. The exhibition is sensitive, stunning and heartbreakingly beautiful.
Works by 13 accomplished artists bring to viewers not only image... [more]

Marsha Solomon, Serape, Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 24 in.
Through the paintings of Marsha Solomon, the viewer enters an alternate space where emotions are evoked by color and line, which join in joyful dance or contemplative quietude. Her paintings offer portraits of time and states of mind more than objects.
Her still-life series, Tapestries, greets visitors with a profusion of bold pattern and color, derived from Solomon's collection of unique fabrics and objects collected from around the world. Kimonos... [more]

By the Numbers: More or Less, the second of the Triad Exhibitions at the Arts Guild New Jersey, curated by Dr. Donna Gustafson is on view through November 7th. Dr. Gustafson, who has a distinguished curatorial history, has brought together an intriguing and though provoking group of works from the eleven artists selected to participate.
In her essay, Dr. Gustafson refers to the ubiquity of numbers in our daily lives. Passwords, keys, phone numbers, accounts and timing can never be far from... [more]

By the Numbers: More or Less, the second of the Triad Exhibitions at the Arts Guild New Jersey, curated by Dr. Donna Gustafson is on view through November 7th. Dr. Gustafson, who has a distinguished curatorial history, has brought together an intriguing and though provoking group of works from the eleven artists selected to participate.
In her essay, Dr. Gustafson refers to the ubiquity of numbers in our daily lives. Passwords, keys, phone numbers, accounts and timing can never be far from u... [more]

Adel Gorgy, Song of the Heart - Traces of Pollock and de Kooning, 2013 Archival Pigment Print 40 x 60"
There are artists who seek truth, not flinching from what they see, artists who seek beauty, looking only where they find it, and rare individuals and artists who see beauty in everything. Adel Gorgy is one of them, as evinced by the many diverse bodies of work which all display a profound outlook on the world around him.
Whether the subject of his art is nature, humanity, history, spiritu... [more]

In the paintings of Insoo Shin, the process is as vital to the work as the resultant image. And there are many processes involved. Handmade paper is prepared over the course of time; many layers are created before the surface is ready. Insoo presses the pulp with hands and feet, coercing and forming it to the desired texture and shape. The choice of material, Dak, which she transforms into Hanji paper, bears the weight not only of the artist's pressure, but of centuries of legend and... [more]

In the paintings of Insoo Shin, the process is as vital to the work as the resultant image. And there are many processes involved. Handmade paper is prepared over the course of time; many layers are created before the surface is ready. Insoo presses the pulp with hands and feet, coercing and forming it to the desired texture and shape. The choice of material, Dak, which she transforms into Hanji paper, bears the weight not only of the artist's pressure, but of centuries of legend and... [more]

This fall season, The Arts Guild New Jersey in Rahway has an unusual and extremely interesting calendar of exhibitions planned. Three separate, but linked shows, comprising The Triad, put together a fascinating vision of a rarely-seen aspect of the art world. The director of the Arts Guild, Lawrence Cappiello, has invited three different New Jersey curators to organize three different themed exhibitions based on the work of the same ten artists. Each curator, sensing similarities, differences or harmoni... [more]

Adel Gorgy 2009 (c) A Hundred Veils Fall ... after Matisse (Odalisque) 22x40" Archival Pigment Ink
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but words can also create images. In the powerful new exhibition, “By the Book” at the Arts Guild New Jersey in Rahway, words have been the inspiration for visual works of art. Curator Lawrence Cappiello has brought together a varied, colorful and fascinating collection of works for an intriguing look... [more]

A Portrait of the Psyche
Persona is a word that can mean that aspect or part of one’s personality that is deliberately shown to the world, or in the Jungian sense, and hearkening back to the etymology of the word (from the Greek “prosōpon”), a theatrical mask which covers the wearer.
In the current exhibition at the Therese A. Maloney Gallery, director and curator Dr. Virginia Fabbri Butera, by choosing this particular word as both the theme and the title, has opened a dual v... [more]

The stoneware sculptures of Sylvia Iskander evoke forgotten memories through ties to both the past and the present. Her clay and porcelain figurative sculptures, now on exhibition at Skoto Gallery in Chelsea, express monumentality and timelessness, finding echoes in human representation from time immemorial. Myth, history, environmentalism, and feminism all strike harmonic chords in the earthy abstract figural pieces which convey many and multi-layered messages. As with all sophisticated artwor... [more]

Time, change, intent and material are central elements in the work of Eun-Jung Choi. The Korean artist’s densely layered paper constructions are currently on exhibition at Able Fine Art Gallery in Chelsea. Choi’s paper pieces combine elements of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art; she creates bas-relief abstract compositions that hang on the wall. Her work, created by meticulous and time-consuming layering of tightly folded newspaper, refers back to a long history of Asi... [more]

Time, change, intent and material are central elements in the work of Eunjung Choi. The Korean artist’s densely layered paper constructions are currently on exhibition at Able Fine Art Gallery in Chelsea. Choi’s paper pieces combine elements of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art; she creates bas-relief abstract compositions that hang on the wall. Her work, created by meticulous and time-consuming layering of tightly folded newspaper, refers back to a long history of Asian folded p... [more]

Able Fine Art Gallery in Chelsea, NY is presenting a very special two-person exhibition showcasing the exceptional paintings of Yang, Suk and Marsha Solomon.
These two artists, while quite distinct in style, training, and approach are unified by the use of vivid, saturated fields of pure color, and the focus on beauty in both the natural and imaginary realms.
The bright, color saturated paintings of Yang, Suk display references to sources as disparate as flowers, one of the most traditional sour... [more]

ABsract EXpressions Art Gallery presents abstract paintings, "From Rhythm to Form" by New York artist Marsha Solomon and paintings and sculptures and by Frank Bowman Krimmel. The exhibition runs from June 8th through August 31st. There will be artist's receptions on Saturday, June 16th, July 14th and August 18th from 2-4 pm. Admission is free.
In her portfolio of works titled From Rhythm to Form, Marsha Solomon follows a simple yet powerful formula, in which colors form shapes through in... [more]

Famous art masters' works have a new look
Adel Gorgy gives new, exciting dimension to familiar art
Published 9:39 AM, Jan. 26, 2012 | The Daily Record
Written by
Jennifer L. Nelson
For NJ Press Media
Local residents needn’t make a trip into the city to visit an art museum when an opportunity to view the contemporary works of a New York photographer is coming to the Atrium Gallery in Morristown.
The Arts Council of the Morris Area will present “Seeing Art Anew and Other Works,” an exhibi... [more]

Adel Gorgy’s pictures of pictures at the Atrium
While we’re on the subject of pictures based on other pictures, the Morris Arts Council is presenting “Seeing Art Anew and Other Photographic Works” by Adel Gorgy at the Atrium Gallery beginning Jan. 23, and the show fits snugly in the “art about art” category. Gorgy has taken photos of familiar artworks — by Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse and others — and blown up small details into finished compositions that confirm the artists’ overall styles. It’s not s... [more]

Adel Gorgy's recent body of work, "Seeing Art Anew," is a collection of photographs whose subject is art, itself. In these large scale, compelling and original works, the artist asks the viewer to experience, with new eyes, the familiar works of Picasso, Van Gogh, Matisse, and others. In these photographs, Gorgy employs selected visual phrases taken from great paintings as the basis for new compositions, interpreting and recomposing revered works of art. The resulting images are large, comple... [more]

In the Moment- An Evening with Adel Gorgysayville.com - arts and entertainment - 10/27/2011Eileen Palmer On Thursday evening October 20, Bay Area Friends of Fine Arts (BAFFA) and Women Sharing Art hosted an enlightening evening with photographer and artist Adel Gorgy.Gorgy's large scale evocative photographs were on exhibit at the BAFFA Gallery through October 23rd.Gorgy's photography depicts nature and art in a way that is compelling and original. His work asks the viewer to experience the the... [more]